Hospice definition

Hospice means a model of care that focuses on relieving symptoms and supporting patients with a life expec- tancy of six months or less. Hospice involves an interdisci- plinary approach to provide health care, pain management, and emotional and spiritual support. The emphasis is on com- fort, quality of life and patient and family support. Hospice can be provided in the patient's home as well as freestanding hospice facilities, hospitals, nursing homes, or other long- term care facilities.

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Hospice means a public agency or private organization licensed pursuant to Chapter 400, Florida Statutes, to provide Hospice services. Such licensed entity must be principally engaged in providing pain relief, symptom management, and supportive services to terminally ill Members and their families.

Hospice means a building or portion of a mixed-use building designed and intended to provide palliative care and emotional support to the terminally ill in a home or homelike setting so that quality of life is maintained, and family members may be active participants in care;

Examples of Hospice in a sentence

• This exclusion does not apply to items or services provided through a Participating Hospice Agency or covered under the diabetes care Benefit.

• See the Home health services and Hospice program services sections for information about coverage for rehabilitative and habilitative services provided in the home.

• All differentials for which Aides and Assistants are eligible will be paid at the same rate as those listed in Appendix A of the CBA except that for weekend work, Hospice CNAs will continue to be paid fifty dollars ($50.00) per weekend day worked.

• Under Section H.2 Hospice CNAs will be included in the scheduling scheme that applies to Nurses and Hospice Social Workers.

• Licensed Massage Therapists (LMT): LMTs are employed to provide skilled massage therapy services for the care of Home Health and Hospice patients.

More Definitions of Hospice

Hospice means an establishment licensed by the state where it is located that furnishes a centrally administered program of palliative and supportive services. Such services are provided by a team of healthcare Providers and directed by a Physician. Services include physical, psychological, custodial and spiritual care for patients who are terminally ill and their families. For the purposes of this benefit only, "family" includes the immediate family, the person who primarily cared for the patient and other persons with significant personal ties to the patient, whether or not related by blood.

Hospice means a model of care that focuses on relieving symptoms and supporting patients with a life expectancy of six months or less.

Hospice means a centrally administered, nonprofit or

Hospice means a health care program providing a coordinated set of services rendered at home, in Outpatient settings or in institutional settings for Covered Persons suffering from a condition that has a terminal prognosis. A Hospice must have an interdisciplinary group of personnel which includes at least one Physician and one Registered Nurse (R.N.), and it must maintain central clinical records on all patients. A Hospice must meet the standards of the National Hospice Organization (NHO) and applicable state licensing requirements.

Hospice means a centrally administered, nonprofit or for-

Hospice means a coordinated program of home and inpatient health care that provides or coordinates palliative and supportive care to meet the needs of a terminally ill patient and the patient's family arising out of physical, psychological, spiritual, social, and economic stresses experienced during the final stages of illness and dying and that includes formal bereavement programs as an essential component. The term includes:

Hospice means a Medicare-certified program that provides care and support to terminally ill patients and their families.